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Fucking hate my reading list this term. Interview With the Vampire, Dead Until Dark. Should start reading The Powerbook by Jeanette Winterson ASAP too but that should be alright. Seriously though, I've had vampires up the wazoo this term and I'm sick of them. I do not consider Anne Rice worthy of close reading at degree level and I don't believe this is a snobby thing to say, merely a true thing.

back in the day, there was a lack of vampire novels so this was more or less one of the few books that re-ignited the subject matter for better or worse. i thought it also gave characters depth. anne rice is great at establishing location too. her descriptions of new orleans are rich although they can be long-winded.

although some of the characters may be one-dimensional, characters like louis and claudia are nuanced and layered (one is dealing with humanity when he is no longer human while the other is dealing with being a child forever while she grows in age mentally).

here is the thing, Harry, he is actually really lame. people tend to think that people into Harry Potter are all gaga over Harry himself, when mostly he is just a selfish cranky teenager. Granted one who has been through hell and back by the end, so you have to have some endearment for him, but under any other circumstances he would be as annoying as Holden gets after a while. It is the entire encompassing story and the other characters and their merit that make the tale a cherished thing.

Book six is my favorite.

This weekend I read The Virgin Suicides and now I am halfway through Friday Night Lights.

I realsied when I did those book spine things how many books I was letting back up that I really wanted to read, I mean that is why I bought them. I've challenged myself to read a minimum of two books a week off of my own shelves that I have not read yet between now and the end of the year.

Every time we go look at houses, my husband refuses to have an extra room for a library.
That depresses me.
I feel like he tricked me. He had a few shelves of books at his old place, that he said he read or was going to read.
I suggested we have a night where we just sit in separate corners and read. He looked at me like I have 3 heads.
I haven't seen him read more than 2 books (and I think he was skimming how-to books) in the 2 years we have been married.
I've been duped.

I suggested we have a night where we just sit in separate corners and read. He looked at me like I have 3 heads.

Ha, I really feel your pain. My boyfriend never wants to read at home. I try to but he always distracts me (not on purpose). This means I only ever get to read on my commute to work or when he's out of the apartment. To be honest, he hardly buys books and when he does they're coffee table size and mostly filled with pictures.

I suggested we have a night where we just sit in separate corners and read. He looked at me like I have 3 heads.

Ha, I really feel your pain. My boyfriend never wants to read at home. I try to but he always distracts me (not on purpose).

Yeeees.

oh god. i feel really sorry for you guys. thankfully the frenchie likes to read, too.
my mum on the other hand can´t deal with being with someone in a room and not interacting in some way. i remember before the wedding my in-laws, my mum, ludwig and me spent a week in mallorca. one day after lunch the french and me just sat around, reading or doing some sudoku and my mum almost went up the walls. for her reading is just a complete waste of time and growing up and loving to read she always made me feel like i´m lazy, just wanting to sit around and do NOTHING! so when my in-laws very perfectly fine JUST READING i almost had a giggle fit because she could´t do anything about it.

Every time we go look at houses, my husband refuses to have an extra room for a library.
That depresses me.
I feel like he tricked me. He had a few shelves of books at his old place, that he said he read or was going to read.
I suggested we have a night where we just sit in separate corners and read. He looked at me like I have 3 heads.
I haven't seen him read more than 2 books (and I think he was skimming how-to books) in the 2 years we have been married.
I've been duped.

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